{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-calls-higher-tariffs-china-trade-deficit-reduction-debt-limit-deal/", "Hawley Calls for Higher Tariffs on China, Trade Deficit Reduction in Debt Limit Deal", "2023-05-10", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Raising Tariffs on Imports from China Act, new legislation to raise tariffs on imports from China until the United States\u2019 unsustainable bilateral trade deficit comes into balance. Senator Hawley is urging debt limit talks to include reduction of the trade deficit.\n\n\u201cUnder Joe Biden\u2019s leadership, the Administration has failed to confront the structural deficit that matters most \u2013 our trade deficit with China,\u201d said Senator Hawley. \u201cNow is the time for decisive action to bring our trade back into balance, stop China\u2019s annihilation of American industry, and bring back good-paying American jobs. Strong tariffs on China should be a major part of any debt ceiling agreement.\u201d\n\nSince the United States granted China permanent normal trade relations, our trade deficit has totaled more than $6 trillion, and has averaged $350 billion per year over the past decade. This has eroded the U.S. industrial base, enriched and empowered our nation\u2019s greatest adversary, and resulted in the loss of 3.82 million good jobs, including 2.89 million manufacturing jobs.\n\nSenator Hawley\u2019s Raising Tariffs on Imports from China Act would:\n\nDirect the President to calculate and publish every year the total value of imports into the United States from China and the total value of exports from the United States to China.\n\nRequire the President to impose an additional duty of 25% on all goods imported from China if a bilateral deficit is recorded during the preceding calendar year.\n\nPermit the President to remove the duties if, during the preceding calendar year, the United States records a bilateral surplus with China.\n\nRead the full bill text here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:07:47Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-calls-higher-tariffs-china-trade-deficit-reduction-debt-limit-deal/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9901099838316441, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}